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matteo has it right. A good friend of mine is Metis. I've never heard him describe himself as Aboriginal though, but I don't disagree with you there. He just says Native.
He's adopted but his birth mother was/is/whatever a First Nations woman, and his birth father was/is/whatever of European decent. He's not sure if he was of French decent, but I think that Metis would describe somebody who's mother is First Nations and father was of European decent.
I don't think that he really identifies strongly with being Native. He does to an extent, but it doesn't drive him or anything. His parents also adopted 2 girls who are both Natives as well which I think is really cool.
If I'm not mistaken my friend does recieve some sort of government assistance in the form of school loans for being Metis.
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